Rotten
Free Birds is not (sorry) a turkey of a film. But it doesn't really soar terribly high either.
Bill Zwecker, Chicago Tribune
Free Birds
The greatest turkey movie of all time.
2013 · 1h 31m · PG
Animation, Comedy, Family
Directed by
Jimmy Hayward
Overview
Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.
Director and cast
- Jimmy Hayward Director
- Owen Wilson as Reggie (voice)
- Woody Harrelson as Jake (voice)
- Amy Poehler as Jenny (voice)
- George Takei as S.T.E.V.E. (voice)
- Colm Meaney as Myles Standish (voice)
- Keith David as Chief Broadbeak (Voice)
- Dan Fogler as Governor William Bradford (voice)
- Jimmy Hayward as Ranger / Leatherbeak / President / Hazmats (voice)
- Jeff Biancalana as General Sagan / Hazmats (voice)
- Danny Carey as Danny (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
20%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A lot of agreeable kookiness compensates for the ramshackle script in this tale of turkeys traveling back in time to prevent becoming an essential part of Thanksgiving dinner.
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
Rotten
The movie's animal rights, vegetarian message should go down easily with politically correct parents - at least until they choke on the offensive depiction of 17th-century turkeys as face-painted, headband-wearing native Americans.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Everything about "Free Birds" feels perfunctory, from its generic title and holiday setting to its starry voice cast and undistinguished use of 3-D.
Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com
Rotten
A stale turkey hash that heaves a lot of ingredients in the oven but never turns on the gas, a frantic attempt to come up with an animated film built around Thanksgiving Day traditions.
David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer
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